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Post by Josh on Apr 16, 2010 19:59:21 GMT -8
elsewhere moritz wrote:
Moritz, am I reading too much into this to see a subtle compliment toward Christianity compared to other religions? Or are you just saying this because you grew up Christian?
Are there some religions you dislike more on rational grounds than others? For what reasons?
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Post by moritz on May 7, 2010 6:14:25 GMT -8
elsewhere moritz wrote: Moritz, am I reading too much into this to see a subtle compliment toward Christianity compared to other religions? Or are you just saying this because you grew up Christian? Are there some religions you dislike more on rational grounds than others? For what reasons? Well, I grew up Christian. Christianity is the religion I know best. I have a good idea of how Christians think and act. Hence, I think I know what to expect from Christianity which again gives me a more comfortable feeling. Apart from that although Christianity certainly has destructive potential (as recorded by history), the way things are now, I think I prefer it over other religions. That doesn’t mean other religions are philosophically inferior or that Christianity is the least dangerous of them all. I hear Buddhism is nice, but truth be told, I barely know anything about it and I wouldn’t want to buy a pig in a poke. As far as the Abrahamic religions are concerned, I prefer Christianity over Judaism and Islam intellectually, because Christians have Jesus and they can’t really get around that guy. As you know, I find the OT pretty dreadful but Jesus defused heaps of it and it is much harder to justify violence referring to Jesus than to Muhamad (although moderate Muslims will argue that’s bullshit because the Prophet never legitimated violence, that this is all misinterpretation and false translation yadda yadda yadda. And after all violent Christians also always find their way to justify their hatred biblically). Anyway, I have little to no beef with moderate Christians, who are aware that their faith is faith and not necessarily fact and allow other worldviews to exist without constantly trying to evangelize. Where I live, this goes for the vast majority of Christians. There are also ways of interpreting the Bible in a way I find very positive. But this is only possible if you neglect large contradicting parts of the book.
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Post by Josh on May 24, 2010 15:34:25 GMT -8
I'm wondering if you think I fit that description???
I do think it fact, though not provable beyond doubt. I don't see how that has anything to do with allowing or not allowing other worldviews to exist, and I don't "constantly evangelize" but I do believe in evangelism.
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